Cape Point ba shine mafi kusurwar kudancin Afirka ba. Wannan girmamawa yana zuwa ga karamin Cape Agulhas, wanda ya fi kusan kilomita 155/250 zuwa gabas. Ana sau da yawa kamar yadda batun Atlantic da India Oceans ya hadu; amma a gaskiya, tashar Agulhas da Benguela suna haɗuwa a tsakanin wurare biyu, a wani wurin da ya canza tare da kakar. Duk da haka, yayin da Cape Point ba shi da gine-gine ba, yana da mahimmancin ƙaunataccen 'yan Afrika ta Kudu da baƙi.
Ba kamar Cape Agulhas ba, yana da sauƙi don zuwa filin wasa mai ban mamaki.
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Cape Point yana da kilomita 0.7 kilomita gabas na Cape of Good Hope, kuma tare da nau'i biyu na Cape Peninsula. Bartolomeu Dias mai suna Portuguese, mai suna Portuguese, mai suna Plateau ya kira tsibirin kogin Cape na Cigaba lokacin da ya tashi ya wuce a 1488, ya zama Turai na farko da ke kusa da kudancin Afirka. Shekaru goma bayan haka, wani mai fassarar fassarar Portugal mai suna Vasco da Gama ya bi tafarkinsa, ya gano hanyar zuwa teku zuwa India da Far East a cikin tsari. Portuguese King John II ya sake rubuta sunan tsibirin Cabo da Boa Esperança ( Cape of Good Hope) don girmama dukiyar da sabuwar hanyar kasuwanci ta alkawarta.
Rahotanni na Cape Point sun yi da'awar rayukan masu jirgin ruwa da dama, kuma labari ya tabbata cewa Flying Dutchman ne ya haɗu da shi, wani jirgin ruwa ya ce ya yi tafiya a cikin wadannan tekuna tun 1641. A cikin wani labarin jirgin, Captain Hendrik van der Decken an ƙaddara shi ne don zagaye na Cape na Storms a cikin manyan gangaren da ya rantse don ci gaba da ƙoƙari idan ya ɗauki shi har abada.
A wani kuma, ya yi wa kansa motsi, ya rantse da Allah kansa ba zai sa ya juya baya ya harbe mala'ika ba. Daruruwan jiragen ruwa a cikin shekarun da suka wuce suna da'awar gani, musamman ma lokacin mummunar yanayi.
Flora da Fauna masu ban sha'awa
A yau, Cape Peninsula yana zuwa kudu daga Cape Town don kilomita 47/75 kuma yana da sanannun samun ciwon wasu wurare mafi kyau a Afrika ta Kudu.
A bakinsa, Cape Point yana daga cikin Cape na Good Hope Nature Reserve, wanda yake a gefen ɓangare na Dutsen Tsaro. Yankin yana cike da namun daji, kuma shahararren shahararrun mutane ne (da kuma wasu lokuta suna tsorata) dakarun Cape Cape. Wasu lokuta da ake gani da dabbobi sun hada da zebra, dutse, eland, kudu, ostriches da hyrax.
Har ila yau, an san su kamar dassies, hyrax na dutse ne ƙananan dabbobi masu rarrafe wadanda suke kama da magunguna. Duk da irin girman da suke ciki da kuma bayyanar launin fata, dangi mafi kusa su ne giwaye. Maganar Cape Point ta yi tafiya da yawa da kuma hanyoyi masu mahimmanci kuma suna zama aljanna tsuntsu , suna ba da zarafi don gano fiye da 250 nau'in jinsuna. Gidan kuma yana cikin yankin Cape Floral, wani yanki na duniya na UNESCO. Yana da ban mamaki mai ban mamaki, tare da kimanin nau'i nau'in nau'in nau'in shuka guda daya da suka hada da nau'ikan fynbos masu kyau.
Har ila yau, Cape Point na da tsalle-tsalle mai tsayi, yana ba da ido ga tsuntsayen tsuntsaye. Dabbobin Dolphins, Gudun Sugar da Abubuwan Hudu na Afirka suna da sauƙi a tsinkaya tare da ido mai kyau ko kuma mai kyau na binoculars, yayin da watanni na hunturu (Yuni - Nuwamba) ya gabatar da farawar bazara.
Wadanda suke ciyar da rabin sa'a ko biyu a kan gindin Cape Point za su sami lada ta hanyar kyan gani da kudancin kogin kudancin da suka wuce a lokacin hijira.
Cape Point Amfani
Akwai gidajen lantarki guda biyu a Cape Point. Tsayi tsayi a kan Da Gama Peak, an kammala hasken rana na farko a shekara ta 1859 kuma yanzu an yi amfani da shi a matsayin tashar saka idanu ga duk fadin lantarki tare da Cape Coast. Wurin lantarki na biyu ya gina a tudu mai tsawo a shekara ta 1914, kuma yanzu ya karɓa daga farko. Ya kasance hasken hasken mafi girma a Afirka ta Kudu. Masu ziyara za su iya samun damar yin amfani da fannonin lantarki ta Flying Dutchman Funicular, wanda ke haɗuwa da biyu kuma ya cece ku daga yin tsayin daka tsakanin su.
Yawancin mutanen da suka ziyarci Cape Point suna yin wani ɓangare na zagaye na yini na layin ruwa wanda ya ƙunshi sauran shafukan yanar gizo, kuma ya ƙare tare da ɗan lokaci don sha'awar abubuwan da ke kewaye da su.
Maimakon haka, wa] anda ke kama da tafiya ko dabbobin daji ya kamata su fara yin wasan kwaikwayo da kuma binoculars kuma su ba da damar cikakken rana don bincika Cape Point da Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve. A madadin, zagaye gwaninta tare da abincin rana a dandalin Gourmet biyu na Oceans. A nan, zaku iya samo giya na yankuna da kayan cin abincin da aka samo asali yayin da yake sha'awar kallo mai ban mamaki.
Ziyarci shafin yanar gizon Cape Point don cikakkun bayanai ciki har da bude lokuta, farashin da kuma hanyoyi daga Cape Town.
An sabunta wannan labarin sannan kuma Jessica Macdonald ya sake rubuta shi a ranar 14 ga Oktoba 2016.